Delano Ames

Delano Ames
Born(1906-05-29)May 29, 1906
Died1987 (aged 80–81)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationAuthor
GenreCrime fiction
SpouseMaysie Coucher Ames (1929–1937)
Kit Ames
RelativesColumbus Delano (grandfather)

Delano Ames (May 29, 1906 – January 1987) was an American writer of detective stories. Ames was the author of some 20 books, many of them featuring a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named Dagobert and Jane Brown. A later series of novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard, who solved local mysteries.